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Overview

  • 50 references 26 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish; learning Catalan, Valencian, Czech, French
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2005
  • English teacher/translator/student/i dont really know.....
  • BA, Edinburgh, MA Leiden
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

ABOUT ME

I was living in Brazil and Portugal the last few years. I married a lovely Brazilian lady called Raquel, and we recently moved to Granada, Spain, where we will in a small town just outside the city, close to the mountains. It-s about 15/20 minutes into the city by bus, or yu can ride a bike in 30/40

PHILOSOPHY

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i just wrıte to random people, have a look at their couch info and location and try not to pre-judge who my chosen hosts should be based too much on what they say...I stay with whoever replies and says yes...............I know that some people won't like that idea, but I don't like the idea of forming an artificial idea of couchsurfers based on what limited profile information which will invariably tell you very little about them as a person, their attitudes and bla bla bla bla.......et....etc!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I need to tally it up properly, but id guess ive now surfer oround 100 times in perhaps 30 plus countries!.....so i rekon ive got the hang of it and what makes a good couchsurfer...what makes a bad one...id like to think im a good surfer and a good host. I havent had to chance to host as much as ive surfed and so when I get a new place with space, im planning on being one of those 'obsessive' hosters we have all met, and trying to balance out my numbers.

Interests

photography, travel obviously, languages-im trying to work as a freelance spanish/english translator, i like a bit of chess/go sometimes when im feeling brainy......pheew, climbing mountains

  • dogs
  • books
  • photography
  • chess
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • scuba diving
  • rock climbing
  • freelancing
  • international relations
  • languages
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

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One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

night time diving on the great barrier reef

Teach, Learn, Share

i can share knowledge of english/spanish/international relations/BJJ (brazilian juijitsu)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Brazil, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

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